Comments on: FAQ: Does VidAngel Ruin Art?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:13:52 +0000

In reply to Tory. We appreciate your service, Tory! Thanks also for your support of VidAngel!

By: Tory

Tory — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:47:27 +0000

During my eight years in the military I swam in profanity and obscenity every day. Not much I could do about it there other than to choose not to use that language myself. In my home I CAN choose what language is spoken. VidAngel allow me to see things I choose to see without suffering what is mostly superfluous foul language and nudity. I appreciate that. Thanks, VidAngel.

By: Chloe Stoker

Chloe Stoker — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 03:28:56 +0000

In reply to JJ. We appreciate your support!

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:13:27 +0000

Not every decision made by a director is an artistic choice. Many choices are made to push their beliefs. While some sexual content is used to tell a story, plenty more is there partly or entirely for the purpose of satiating the sexual appetite of our culture.

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 14:18:15 +0000

Perfect! Well done and VidAngel will whop the pants off of Netflix!!

JJ in Texas

By: CP

CP — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:13:03 +0000

What if the answer was always YES, that filtering always ruins the art? So what? The intention of copyright laws was not implemented to limit individual consumers… from consuming. It was intended to limit whether and how others could alter and resale or take credit for an original creation. If I legally buy a physical piece of art, whether an original or a legal copy, that particular piece is mine to do what I please in large measure. I could burn it, stomp on it, hide it in a dark closet forever. I never have to situate the art in the ideal lighting conditions imagined by the artist. If the art is music or video, I can simultaneously sing the Star Spangled Banner at the top of my lungs ever time I play it.

I don’t have to justify any of that by explaining how “it doesn’t ruin the ART for me”. If I please, I can declare that I like ruining art and others can frown and not like me, but the copyright holder has no say in that.

So the larger point is that the question of whether or not filtering “ruins ART” is largely irrelevant. Yeah, it’s best to mutually agree to be nice to each other, but it is really only one side that’s judging and demeaning the other… and the meanness isn’t coming from those who want to filter. The meanness is coming from those who demand that “art” be consumed exactly how they dictate… but such are likely never going to see this add.

By: P Vogel

P Vogel — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 00:02:32 +0000

Art is personal. One may be attracted to Picasso’s unrealistic forms, another to representations of nature as it actually is. Either one should impact the viewer with beauty. Coarseness of language or image may have impact, but where is the beauty?

By: Sonnet

Sonnet — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:58:40 +0000

Well put! There are lots of movies we wounding touch without vidangel. The movie makers should be happy you’re bringing new business to their movies!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 01:56:34 +0000

GO VIDANGEL!!!!! Thank you for your vision and tenacity in providing families with quality entertainment of their choosing. You have opened up a plethora of opportunities for our family to bond by being entertained by movies we can enjoy together. Now I can be excited for family movie night every week! We can actually watch a movie in the time it used to take me to read endless reviews and find one movie that has the rare quality of being good and cringeless!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:11:36 +0000

So glad for this app. It’s hard to find a decent movie with a message worth the time to watch. This makes it possible to see movies I would not otherwise see because of the R rating and the mature and obscene content. Thank you thank you thank you